Duck or flat-iron holder.



J. A. LARSON.

DUCK 0R PLAT IRON HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 0012'], 1910.

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COLUMBIA PIANOGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, IL c.

Patented July 11,1911.

J. A. LARSON.

DUCK 0R FLAT IRON HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 0021.7, 1910.

997,565. Patented July 11, 1911.

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JONAS A. LARSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DUCK R FLAT-IRON HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1911.

Application filed October 7, 1910. Serial No. 585,767.

To all whom it may concern:

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This invention relates to grippingdevices for use in enabling theworkman to take hold of a hot duck or fiat iron or other heated objectwithout burning his hands.

The object of the invention is to provide such a device which can begrasped by the user while keeping his hand in a comfortable position,and in which all parts of the hands of the user are protected fromcontact with any part of the flat iron.

The invention comprises a device of this character which can be easilyand cheaply made and efficiently used without being liable to get out oforder, in which the holding member is made of two parts hinged togetherin such a way that they may be moved between open and closed position,in

the former position clearing the iron, in the latter position graspingthe handle while keeping all parts of the users hands away from hotparts of the iron and handle the device being provided with grippingmembers which engage the handle of a flat iron without transmitting anundue amount of heat from said handle to the hand of the operatorgrasping the device.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a device which canbe covered with removable nonheat transmitting material, such asasbestos, heavy cloth, or the like, said covering material being veryeasily attached and detached from the metallic portions of the holdingmember proper and when in position conforming closely to the surface ofthe holder.

The invention further comprises other details of construction which willbe hereafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar numerals indicate similarparts throughout the several views; Figure 1 is an end view of a fiatiron and an end view of the device of this invention in its preferredform in the position which it assumes in being applied to or removedfrom a fiat iron handle. Fig. 2 shows the same parts as Fig. 1 in theposition which they assume when the user has firmly grasped the fiatiron. handle. Fig. 3 is a central detail view taken on the irregularline 3-8 of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional detail view on theirregular line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an inverted plan view taken onthe line 55 of Fig. 3.

Again referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the base orblock of an ordinary duck iron used in the process of ironing washedlinen, usually shirts. It should be understood that the device of thisinvention may be applied to any kind of a heated iron popularly known asa flat iron. Rising from this base 10 are the two upright members 12supporting a horizontal handle member 14 of ordinary construction.

The holding device of this invention consists of metallic rigidport-ions made of two metallic members 16 and 18 hinged together at 20,as shown, each of the members 16 and '18- being formed in the reversecurves 22 partially surrounding but clearing the handle of the flatiron, as shown, so that when the parts are in the position shown in Fig.2 they entirely clear the flat iron handle. Extending from the interiorface of the member 16 at such a height and at such a distance apart asto grasp the handle member 14 of the flat iron are two project-ing arms24 and correspondingly projecting from the inner face of the member 18and close to the members 24 are two corresponding members 26. The innerends of these members 24 and 26 arev provided with V shaped notches 28forming fingers 30 and 32, as shown, adapted to pass, as clearly shownin the drawings, about the handle member 14 and securely hold it so thatthe fiat iron may be lifted by a person grasping the device, as shown inFig. 2, and thus also hold the device clear of all portions of the fiatiron proper, thereby preventing the user burning his or her hand inusing the device.

In order to more efiectually secure the holder upon the flat iron themetal forming the half holder portions 16 and 18 is preferably stampedor pressed into the inwardly projecting trough shaped portions 34 and 86meshing with each other, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, so that the fingersof the operator may enter the openings formed by these trough shapedmembers as much as may be necessary to secure a firm grip upon theholder without coming into contact with the flat iron handle 14. Thesemembers also protect the hand of the user from the heat radiated fromthe heated body of the iron. Vhile the metallic holder thus constructedis more or less effective without any covering device designed to retardthe transmission of heat, it is desirable to cover the outside of theholder with a cloth blanket 38 provided with a finger pocket 40 and athumb pocket 42, which may be made by any ordinary seamstress. Thisblanket is secured to the holding device proper by clips 4: 1 sewed tothe edge of the cloth blanket by threads 46 and then bent around theedges of the half holder members 16 and 18, as shown. This blanket isalso secured inside the trough shaped members by other clips 15 or thecloth bent around the edges 47 of metallic strips secured to the innersides of the holder.

In the operation of the device, the operator takes hold of it in themanner which is entirely obvious from an examination of Fig. 1, placesit in the position therein shown upon the fiat iron handle 14 which isto be grasped. He then closes the holding device by moving its partsfrom the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2, in whichposition teeth 30 and 32 grasp the handle 14L and the ends of the troughshaped members 34: and 36 pass by each other, thereby thoroughlysecuring the holding device upon the handle of the flat iron whileentirely clearing the flat iron base 10. hen it is desired to change theflat iron or to leave it upon the stove for reheating the operatorsimply reverses the movement; that is to say, moves the parts from theposition in Fig. 2 to that of Fig. 1, in which position the holdingdevice can obviously be removed from the flat iron. If at any time it isdesired to change the blanket on the outside of the device this can bedone by simply bending up the holding clips 16 and 45 referred to, andthen putting on a new blanket provided with corresponding clips 15 and46 and bending down the said clips 45 and 46. It may be noted that byusing the jaws 30 and 32 at one end of the iron only to grip a portionof the handle of the flat iron the operator can use the device to pull ahot iron off the fire to a position where it can be grasped, as abovedescribed, instead of using inconvenient sticks or iron pokers.

The claims are l. A holder for use in grasping a fiat iron handle,comprising two hinged parts adapted to move between two positions, oneclosed about the flat iron handle with which the device is to be usedbut entirely clear of said flat iron and flat iron handle, the otherposition open to a sufficient extent so that it may be removed entirelyaway from the flatiron, projecting arms upon the insides of the hingedportions of the holder having notches in their ends registering witheach other and adapted to engage the handle of said fiat iron, wherebythe two hinged parts are held clear of the flat iron handle, as and forthe purposes set forth.

2. A. fiat iron holder comprising two metallic members 16 and 18 hingedtogether, intermeshing arms at and 26 extending from the metallicmembers, each of said arms 24 and 26 provided with inwardly projectingfingers 30 and 32 adapted to grasp the handle of the flat iron withwhich the device is to be used, inwardly projecting tro ugh like members3% and 36 extending from said members 16 and 18 adapted to intermeshwith each other in the space between the supports of the fiat ironhandle and the handle proper and thus protect the hands of the operatorfrom the heated body of the fiat iron with which the device is to beused.

3. A. fiat iron holder comprising two metallic members 16 and 18 hingedtogether, intermeshing arms 24 and 26 extending from the metallicmembers, each of said arms 24 and 26 provided with inwardly projectingfingers 30 and 32 adapted to grasp the handle of the flat iron withwhich the device is to be used, inwardly projecting trough like members34 and 36 extending from said members 16 and 18 adapted to intermeshwith each other in the space between the supports for the fiat ironhandle and the handle proper and thus protect the hand of the operatorfrom the heated body of the flat iron with which the device is to beused, a supplemental protecting blanket upon the outside of the metallicmembers and means for detachably securing said blanket to said members16 and 18, as and for the purposes described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto sub scribed my name in the presenceof two witnesses.

J ONAS A. LARSON.

Witnesses DWIGHT B. CHnnvER, MARGARET D. ROBE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

